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Specicollo'a of Letters Paten-b.

Patenten @lune i3, Trillo..

Application filed July 23, 1914. y Serial No. 852,680.

,To all Nunn I? muy concern lgle. each one o'l which is meile from e single sheet oil' mei-(il ind so constructed end benl), ne to provide overlapping and inter-engage;n inn' members so thai when Jche seme are semblccl, Water tight roof is provic'lel.

A further ohja-cl, of ehe prescnl invention, is the provision of a metallic shingle, which is' adopted to be placed upon the roel dingonnllv so that `the single will cooperate Wiih the two shingles below to produce an inter-` locking efiect, one corner of the shingle beino7 forcshortenecl and bent downwardly no `provide support or resi; for the lowerinosl;

nml normally unsupported portion of the shingle. v

uWilli the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, 'the invention resides in elle combi nacion und nrrnnemen of pores :incl in the details of construction hereinner described and. claimed, it being underseoool that changes in the precise ambominnen? of lille invention herein disclosed con be nicole wil iin the scope of what is claimed Wilhonl do parting from the spirit of elle invention.

lent-ho drawings Figure l is plan riew showingn a portion 0in roof with the singles in the proper position thereupon. 2 is n 'top plan view of one of the shingles. Fig. 3 is e bottoni pla-n, view Aibhercof. 4 is :i plan View upon n reduced scale olf the blank forinalring the shingle., 5 section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. l. ni is a section token on line (3-6 of i is o section token en line iL-4! o Referring izo the drawings, the numerel l designates the roof sheathing, which. is oroiectefl by 'the metallic shingles 2, 2, 2f and 2b, lghc shingles 2 being `he convenlionol form of shingle While the shingles 2 constitnle the cove shingle, lie shingles 2 cojosiiinting the shingles npon the edge ol che roof, while #he shingles El coneeitnte e corner thereof. The shingles 2", 2 and 2l are partial shingles and each one is consructecl :is o perl of one ci the shingles 2. Each shingle 2, as shown in Fig. 4, is made from n single sheet of metal, the same being provided with the lianges 3 and the lip or resi, 4l upon two of its edges and the corner of one of the two edges. The remaining two edges are provided lwith the ep members 5,

which al; their portions opposite to the foot resi; 4: ere provide@` with yche l-shaped incisions o, lo provide the straight edge es clearly illustraied in Fig. 2 when ihe folded portion Y is provided. uponithe dotted lines as illustrated in Fig. l which constitute a. flange 'lor receiving the flange 3 of the shingie disposed tliereebove. The flange or liet portion 5 as illustrated in Fig. 2, is profiderl with the' apertures a for the reception of the nails for securing ythe shingle to the roofing l..

ln assembling ille present reeling, thel shingles 9. anni 2b are aitachcd 'to the roofing 'l will; lheir ends adjacent the edge of the roofing, bent under so as io produce :i neat effect, Jche shingle 2 disposed thereabove `having ies resi or projection 4 clisposed to project below the lower edge oi the roof l, es clearly illustrated in Fig. l. lfJhere the shingles 2 are disposed directly above the regular shingles 52,V the parts as al; Fig'. 7 will be in ille position there shown in which portions of three of loe shingles will be seen, one being the shingle adjacent eo the roof, another to the left of the line 7 7, and lshe one directly above, the fold 7 of che lowermost shingle i2 beingr shown to receive the Songe 3 of the shingle lo `the lel; While the' fold 7 of the Shingle to the leila is disposed to receive 1lzhe flange 3 of ehe uppermost shingle 2 Whose fool; resi; Ll: is disposedto engage and rest upon the lowernost shingle While it directly elines wih lihe highermost. lt'will thus be seen that when @the shingles are properly os semblerl that the resi: or lug 4 will prevent poc-licite beingl formeel al", the apex or joining points of the shingles in the saine line and that the end of the uppermost shingle will hc protected due to the resting of the loiver end thereof upon the shingle directly below. llt `will also be noted that in ossem bling the present shingles, that theanges il in engaging the flanges 7 will guide the shingle into position so that the parte 5 will be properly presenicd to the portion l of the roofing so that nails or'other fastening devices may be driven through the apertures a, to secure the shingles in place. Describing one of the shingles briefly,

it consists of an approximately square body adapted to be placed diagonally upona roof and provided at its lower edges withunderlying relexed flanges, said body having an obliquely arranged downwardly bent tongue at its lower corner between the lower ends -of said flanges, and the bodyL being provided at its upper edges with overlying relexed doubled beads and nailing lips projecting from said beads, said lips being depressed adjacent theV upper edges of lthe body to provide corrugations extending from the upper corner to the side corners yof the body, the corrugations extending to the plane of the body, the lips sloping from the corrugations to said plane and-having nail apertures between their edges and.- corrugations.

The corrugations of the nailingvlips provide troughs for receiving moisture which might pass by capillary @attraction under the lower edges oi' the super-posed shingles, and the moisture being collected in the corrugations will drain downwardly and pass from the side corners of one shingle onto the underlying shingles. This prevents the moisture from seepingback past the edges of the lips 5. Furthermore,

` it will be noted that the nail apertures are -disposed between the free edges of the lips and said corrugations, whereby the moisture will not ilow to said apertures. The corrugations thus serve to prevent moisture from passing to the apertures a and to the edges of the lips, but serve to direct the moisture back to the next lower shingles. In view of the fact that the corrugations extend to the plane of the body and that the lips slope from the corrugations to the plane of the body with the nail apertures between said edges of the lips and the oorrugations, when the nails are driven into place, the corrugations and freev edges ofthe lips will be clamped upon the sheathing in an effective manner.

What is claimed is:

A metal shingle adapted to be placed diagonally upon a roof, comprising an approximately square body provided at its lower edges with underlying reliexed flanges, said body having an ,obliquely-A arranged downwardly-bent tongue at its lower corner between the lower` ends of said flanges, and the body beingprovided at its upper edges with overlying relexed doubled beads and nailing lips projecting from said beads, said lips being depressed adjacent'the upper edges of the body to provide corrugations extending from the upper corner to the side corners of the body, the

corrugations extending to the plane of the Cv 

